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Apparent movement of a star when seen from different positions
a) paradox
b) parallax
c) eclipse
d) motion

Factors keeping earth in orbit
a) earth's size and earth's inertia
b) earth's rotation and sun's gravity
c) earth's rotation and earth's gravity
d) earth's inertia and sun's gravity

Process where water is heated and becomes water vapor and enters the atmosphere
a) evaporation
b) condensation
c) adhesion
d) accretion

Mode of these numbers: 19, 40, 19, 36, 77
a) 19
b) 36
c) 40
d) 58

Process where water vapor in the atmosphere is cooled and turns into a liquid
a) evaporation
b) accretion
c) adhesion
d) condensation

WHen a star becomes a star
a) when gravity pulls in the gas and particles close together
b) when the star's gravity begins to pull things toward it
c) when the star begins nuclear fusion
d) when the star begins to move

Different shapes of the moon seen from earth
a) quarters of the moon
b) eclipses
c) phases of the moon
d) moon stages

process scientists use to expalin ideas and answer questions
a) scientific hypothesis
b) scientific inferring
c) scientific accuracy
d) scientific inquiry

Most abundant gas in atmosphere
a) oxygen
b) nitrogen
c) argon
d) carbon dioxide

Part of sun where solar wind begins
a) sun's corona
b) sun's chromosphere
c) sun's core
d) sun's center

Outer planets
a) small and made of gas
b) large and made of solid rock
c) large and made of gas
d) same size as inner planets

Hottest stars
a) red
b) blue
c) orange
d) yellow

Coolest stars
a) blue
b) red
c) yellow
d) orange

Cool air
a) less dense and goes over warmer air
b) more dense and goes over warm air
c) less dense and goes under warm air
d) more dense and goes under warm air

Hertzsprung Russell Diagram - main sequence stars
a) get brighter as their temperature increases
b) get brighter as their size increases
c) get brighter as their size decreases
d) get brighter as their age gets older

Group of parts that work together to carry out a function
a) product
b) function
c) system
d) hypothesis

Giant ball of gases that undergoes nuclear fusion
a) planet
b) nebula
c) star
d) dwarf planet

Sun centered system
a) geocentric
b) heliocentric
c) solar
d) centered

Describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a certain set of conditions
a) scientific law
b) scientific theory
c) scietific hypothesis
d) scientific guess

Closeness of a measurement to its true value
a) precision
b) accuracy
c) inference
d) estimate

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